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ascend'ing co'lon
Pronunciation: (kō'lun), [key] Anat.
the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs. See diag. under
intestine. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.